at any rate

ADVERB

all the same

Synonyms

WEAK

anyway be that as it may however in any case just the same nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding

ADVERB

anyhow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anyway

WEAK

about any which way around at random haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however in any case in any respect in any way in either way in one way or another in whatever way nevertheless random randomly regardless under any circumstances whatever happens willy-nilly

ADVERB

anyway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anyhow ever once

WEAK

at all however in any case in any event in any manner nevertheless

PREPOSITION

notwithstanding

Synonyms

STRONG

nevertheless nonetheless withal

WEAK

after all against but despite for all that howbeit in any case in any event in spite of on the other hand regardless of though to the contrary

Example Sentences

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And the board were determined to keep him, or most of them at any rate.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

Maxine has more successfully inserted herself into Norma’s life, or at any rate into the room she occupies in a five-star nursing home, since Norma is unable to protest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

The real Ballard claims the pendant was engraved with a line from 1 Timothy 6:11; at any rate, it explains why Mel Gibson's Jesus heads on a crusade to and through Columbia to find her.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

I’m no longer completely convinced by the ½ camp, at any rate.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2023

This seems to be the earliest usage of the term ‘hypothesis’ in its standard modern sense, at any rate in English.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

at any rate

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